单词 | tarada |
释义 | taradan. A canoe used by the Marsh Arabs of Iraq. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > vessels of primitive construction > [noun] > canoe of indigenous peoples > other types of canoe pirogue1666 dory1709 Montreal canoe1793 waka1807 tandem canoe1867 Rob Roy1868 canot du maître1872 Peterborough1882 snake-boat1882 shadow canoe1883 tandem1884 buckeye1885 Canader1893 vinta1900 bellum1901 spoon canoe1907 sponson canoe1911 ratting canoe1944 tarada1960 canot du nord1961 1960 G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water i. vi. 75 We spent the better part of those two months [in Southern Iraq] squatting cross-legged in the bottom of a tarada or war canoe. 1964 W. Thesiger Marsh Arabs iii. 23 The top part of the ribs was..studded with five rows of flat, round nail-heads two inches across. These decorative nails were the distinguishing mark of a tarada..which only a sheikh may own. Years later, in Oslo, I saw the Viking ships preserved there and was at once reminded of the taradas in the Marshes. 1974 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 341/1 There is a bigger canoe called a tarada, graceful and swift, with a fine upswept prow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1960 |
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